stared
v.v. to look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes. You often do this when you are surprised, angry, or thinking deeply.
v. looked at someone or something with a fixed, intense gaze. The past tense of 'stare'; describes a visual action that is often prolonged and lacks the blinking associated with casual looking.
She stared at the beautiful painting for several minutes.
The cat sat on the fence and stared at the bird, waiting for the perfect moment to move.
He stared blankly at the complex equations on the whiteboard, his mind unable to process the information after hours of intense study and lack of sleep.
Intransitive; requires the preposition 'at' before a noun or pronoun object.
She stared the strangerShe stared at the strangerStare is an intransitive verb and requires the preposition 'at' to connect to an object.